Management of natural resources, sustainable development and ecological hazards III / editors, C.A. Brebbia, S. S. Zubir.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Brebbia, C. A.

S. S. Zubir.

Conference Name:

International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards (3rd : 2011 : Selangor)

International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards

Series:

WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 148.

WIT transactions, 1746-448X ; [v. 148]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources--Management--Congresses.

Natural resources.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (689 p.)

Other Title:

Management of natural resources, sustainable development and ecological hazards 3

Management of natural resources, sustainable development and ecological hazards three

Place of Publication:

Southampton ; Boston : WIT, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains the proceedings of the third in a now-biennial series of conferences organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology around the urgent need to determine solutions regarding sustainable development before our planet reaches a point of irreversibility. The aggressive search for new sources of energy and materials, the rapid rate at which natural resources are being consumed, and the destructiveness of the resulting pollution are all having a negative impact on the planet that needs to be stopped, if not reversed. The transdisciplinary papers in this book, presented at the Thir

Contents:

Cover; Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards III; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Ecology and the environment; Fisheries management: from linear to collaborative science-policy interface; Aquaculture as a potential support of marine aquarium fish trade sustainability; Buffer zone characteristics for protected areas: a preliminary study of Krau Wildlife Reserve; Is shrub removal an appropriate management strategy in shrub-encroached woodlands?; The water quality and metal concentrations of Cempaka Lake, Selangor, Malaysia

Removal of TSS, turbidity, colour, Zn(II) and Cu(II) from synthetic wastewater using FCC and FSC, generated from Groundwater Treatment Plant Sludge (GWTPS)Influence of the solvent polarity and pH over the extraction of bisphenol A from samples of sanitary landfill leachate; Section 2: Ecology and ecosystems; Ecosystem services approach for water framework directive implementation; The effects of partial replacement of cement in cement mortar and brick by Microwave Incinerated Rice Husk Ash (MIRHA); Coconut coir activated carbon: an adsorbent for removal of lead from aqueous solution

Comparison of adsorption behaviour of coconut coir activated carbon and commercial activated carbon for textile dyeEffects of meteorological and atmospheric conditions on night sky brightness; Section 3: Learning from nature; Fiber resin matrix composites: nature's gift; Tessellating 'Honeycombs'; The identification of natural compounds: methoxylated phenolics from Vitex and Pandanus species; Section 4: Planning and development; Zero food miles super-circuit; Waste management and the role of waste administrators in Selangor, Malaysia

Integration of fishery management into the process of Maritime Spatial PlanningDisaster risk reduction through community participation; Impacts of sustainable forestry certification in European forest management operations; Housing developers and home owners awareness on implementation of building insulation in Malaysia; Investigation and management of water pollution sources in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia; A model for planning a bicycle network with multi-criteria suitability evaluation using GIS; Indicators for sustainable mobility in the cities; Section 5: Socio-economic issues

The role of socio-economic issues of urban centres in rural developmentNatural hazards and First Nations community setting: challenges for adaptation; Section 6: The built environment; Anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric values as the basis of the new sustainable paradigm in architecture; Tailoring the needs for a better living: an urban renewal scheme on low cost housing; Emissions analysis from various industrial wastes to be used as raw material for ceramics; Environmental friendly concrete production using municipal solid waste incineration materials

Application of MSWI bottom ash as alternative aggregate in cement mortar

Notes:

Papers from the Third International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards (Ravage of the Planet III).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-78967-0

9786613700063

1-84564-533-2

OCLC:

769342460